segment fifty

It seemed like it took forever to get there. The entire Hanson
family was in the van and they were all as excited as I was.

"Hi Ike!" I greeted him. "Are you taking us?"

"Um, no. My dad's driving," he said and pointed to the front of
the car.

"Oh, I was so happy that I just didn't notice," I said while
jumping all over the seat.

When we pulled up in front of the hospital, I ran into the
building before anyone else could even get out of the car. I
heard them calling my name and telling me to wait up, but I
didn't listen. Taylor was waiting for me.

As I sprinted through the halls, I suddenly realized that I had
no clue where the intensice care unit was. Sure, it was only
yesterday that I had been there, but I completely forgot once
Taylor filled my brain again.

I ran around frantically searching for someone who knew.
Suddenly, I spotted a man in a white coat. It was the same
doctor who I had taken keys from the day before. I dashed up to
him and practically scared him to the floor when I began to yell
in his face.

"Where's intensive Care!? Huh? Where is it?"

The man looked at me as if I were crazy. "Um.. who are you and
why do you want to get into intensive care?"

"My name is Jennifer and I have to get in to see Taylor
Hanson!" I cried.

The doctor chuckled. "I'm sorry little kid, but I have been
ordered not to let in obsessed fans," he said and laughed.

"I am not an obsessed fan! I am Taylor's girlfriend!" I
insisted, getting more angry by the second. Well, maybe I wasn't
really and officially his girlfriend, but I hoped it would be a
good excuse.

He laughed again. "Yea, you and every other girl in the world."
That was it. I was completely pissed off!

"Look pal," I said stubbornly while pointing my finger at him
with anger. "I'm not in a very good mood right now and if you
don't tell me where the IC is right now then I'll have you
ordered well done with a side order of fries! Got it!?"

The doctor looked scared for a moment by the yelling I had just
given him. I guess he just wasn't used to getting bosed around!

"Uh.. um... it's straight down the hall to the left. You can't
miss it. Now will you please let me go?"

Ooops! I had been holding a tight grip of the doctor's shirt
through my nasty speech. I obediantly let go and took off
down the hall.

"Hey! Wait, don't you need the keys?" he called after me, but I
was already gone.

I reached the room with "IC" written on it with bold letters
and grabbed the keys from my pocket. I still had them.

I found the key that fit and banged open the door. "My God,
Taylor's not here!" I cried out. The blue bed was empty and
alone. What....?

Then I realized what was going on! Duh! Taylor was awake
in better so he didn't need to be in intensive care anymore. But
if he wasn't here... where was he?

I turned and jumped back out to where the doctor had been. He
was already making his way down the hall. "Hey you!" I yelled.

He spun around and gasped at my sudden appearence. "Not you
again." I heard him mumble.

"Where did you take him?" I asked again wildly.

"Uh..."

"Tell me!"

"Um... he's in a different room now on this floor," the man
said while standing backed against the wall to get away from me.

"What room?"

"Um, down that way, to the right, and then your left. It's room
189. You can't miss it," he choked out, afraid that I would bark
at him again.

"Thanks," I said and quickly took off. I got a few feet away
and stopped. I ran back to the doctor and tapped him on the
shoulder.

He turned around and freaked out again. "Now what?" he said
nervously.

I reached into my pocket and took out his keys. "Happy
birthday," I told him and stuck them in his hands.

"Wait a second... where did you get these from?" the man called
after me as I sped away.

I found the room with 189 written on the door in gold letters
and I pushed it open with excitment. It was a regular hospital
room with two beds in it and white walls with blue carpeting.
There was a left on television hanging from the ceiling and a
radio and telephone by the beds. Lying on the bed closest to the
door was Taylor. He was asleep.

I could tell now that he was fine and just taking a snooze. He
had probably been awake only a few minutes before. The TV remote
was resting in his free hand and my stuffed bear was caught
between his broken arm.

There were cards and flowers and other sorts of gifts on a
bigger table nearby. The gifts were all from relatives and close
friends. There were also family gifts from Ike and Zac and the
other Hansons. There was the large bouqet of assorted flowers
from my parents. My present had been my baby bear.

Tay looked like a sleeping angel. I didn't want to wake him so
I sat and waited for the Hansons to find the room. A few minutes
went by and I decided to get up and change the channels on the
TV. MTV news was on and I flipped through the stations until I
came to the Sci-Fi channel. Mystery Science Theatre was on and I
decided to watch.

Suddenly, I heard rustling of covers from behind me. "Hey, I
was watching that," a groggy and tired voice said. I turned
around. Taylor was awake now.

I smiled at him and held my breath to keep from letting all my
joy out into the room in one scream. Tay looked at me as if he
wasn't sure who I was. He blinked once or twice and then I saw a
huge grin form on his face.

"Jennifer!?" he gasped with excitment.

I could only nod my head. "Holy Monkeys! What happened and
where ya been?" he told me cheerfully.

I got up, ran over to him, and embraced him in a huge hug. It
lasted for about five minutes. I was that happy to see him.

"Oh, Taylor, I'm so glad you're okay. I've missed you so much
you wouldn't believe it," I whispered while sitting next to him
on his bed.

"Why are we whispering?" Taylor joked in a whisper. I laughed
and felt tears rush to my eyes. I didn't hold them back. They
were tears of joy.

He smiled at me. "So, are you going to kiss me now?" he asked
slyly. I looked at him in surprise.

"Taylor, you just got better from the accident, this is my
first time seeing you okay, and you want me to kiss you?"

"Well, yea. You're glad to see me, right? It will heal my
wounds-" Tay didn't get a chance to finish because at that
moment I bent over and gave him a big kiss on the lips.

Taylor kissed me back happily and looked like he enjoyed the
few moments it lasted.

"Taylor! Just what do you think you're doing?" we heard a voice
from the door.

The Hanson family was standing in the room, wide eyed. Only Ike
and Zac seemed not to notice. "It's okay Mommy, that felt good,"
Taylor said in a small babyish voice. I giggled.

Diana ran up to Taylor's bed. "Well, never mind that. At least
you're okay," she said and hugged him. Then she began to cry as
well. The rest of the family greeted Taylor and we went through the
whole mushy episode.

When we settled down in chairs and had wipped away our tears,
Taylor spoke. "It was weird. I was in some strange place that
I'd never seen before and suddenly I saw an Angel next to me.
She told me to wake up. She asked me to wake up just for her and
that she would be here when I did. The next thing I new, I was
in a bed here at the hosital."

I listened to Taylor's short story, but as he told it, I
realized something in my mind. The angel he was talking about
was... me! I'd said those same exact words to him when I had
snuck into the hospital. Should I say something? I thought.

"Taylor," I said quietly, but loud enough for everyone to
notice. "Um.. that was me."

"Who was you?" he asked.

"The angel. I told you to wake up for me if no one else..."

Tay smiled. "No wonder why she was so beautiful." I felt myself
blush. The whole flirty thing was definetely starting up. Taylor
was beginning to act like normal again.

We told him the whole story of what he had missed while he was
in the hospital, including my escape to his side. Tay laughed
really hard and then thanked me for the teddy bear.

We stayed there for a few hours and we were all just relieved
beyond belief that Taylor was perfectly okay. It got late and we
left when Taylor fell asleep from pure exhaustion. I blew him a
quick kiss as I headed out the door. My dark days were suddenly
blindingly bright.